AW: [Nagiosplug-help] Nagios and syslog

[Blake]

you could update the script to search for an extended
grep expression which looks for multiple keywords ..
if I have time today I will look into it.

--- Sand Philipp <Philipp.Sand at sycor.de> wrote:
> Ah thanks! Must have overseen this one. Problem with
> this plugin is, that you can only check for one
> keyword, right? Or is there a possibility to check
> for more than one?
> An option may be just to create one "oldfile" for
> each querrystring. But if there is a more elegant
> solution let me know :) 
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Blake [mailto:blakes_email at yahoo.com] 
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. März 2004 13:40
> > An: Sand Philipp;
> nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Betreff: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] Nagios and syslog
> > 
> > 
> > you can use the check_log script located in your
> libexec 
> > directory.  the first time you run the script it
> creates a 
> > copy (-O oldfile) of the log file (-F
> > logfile) you would like to scan ... the results of
> your scan 
> > will be zero ... however the next time you run
> check_log on 
> > the log file then it will execute a diff on the
> real log file 
> > vs the copy it made and reports matches on the
> patter you 
> > request (-q query). 
> > there is more information if you edit the script. 
> I also 
> > think you could use something like swatch but I
> have never 
> > used it nagios.
> > 
> > --- Sand Philipp <Philipp.Sand at sycor.de> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Is there a possibility to monitor
> /var/log/messages for 
> > keywords e.g. 
> > > "zone transfer failed" with nagios?
> > > Same thing for windows, is there a chance to
> monitor the 
> > syslog with 
> > > nagios?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Philipp
> > > 
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